Archive for September 16th, 2002

Birzer’s ‘Sanctifying Myth’ Book Review

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

The folks from ALA Booklist Magazine send along a review of Bradley J. Birzer's latest book 'J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth' (due out in stores mid-October). [More] Read more..

Birzer’s ‘Sanctifying Myth’ Book Review

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Special Reports

The folks from ALA Booklist Magazine send along a review of Bradley J. Birzer's latest book 'J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth' (due out in stores mid-October). Take a look ... Read more..

Decipher Team Sets Guinness World Record

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

This past May 25-27, four Decipher employees set out to break the Guinness World Record for "Card Playing Marathon" using The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game. It was ... Read more..

Star What?

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Lets see what our friends at TheForce.net think about the latest 'Dork Tower' comic strip..funny stuff indeed! [More] Read more..

Ian Holm Goes ‘Mundi’

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

jayjay writes: nationaltheatre.org.uk has details of Ian Holm's new play Mappa Mundi which runs 18 Oct-29 Nov (booking opens 7th October) at the Cottesloe (National Theatre) London. [More] Read more..

SHOP: The One Ring At Michael Hill

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Caerwen send along these great images from the version of The One Ring for sale at Michael Hill Jewelery in Australia and New Zealand. Take a look! [More] Read more..

Let The Silly Season Begin

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

With 'The Two Towers' mere months away, many media outlets are talking all things rings. Some, however are helplessly mis-informed. E!Online's 'The Aweful Truth' posted a horridly out of context ... Read more..

When LOTR first hit New Zealand

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

Very cool article in NZ's The Listener, looking back at the news of 1955, which is when the first volume of LOTR arrived for review. [More] Read more..

When LOTR first hit New Zealand….

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Special Reports

A look back at a 50-year-old edition of the New Zealand magazine The Listener gives an indication of how the book The Fellowship of the Ring was received in New ... Read more..

News from Japan

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

The news section of the official site (lotr.jp) has been updated, now with great news to the fans. The Japanese DVDs will contain also one more thing that the other ... Read more..

Getting your hands on standees and stuff

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Main News

A lot of people have got lucky on this front. [More] Read more..

Getting your hands on standees and stuff

Monday, September 16th, 2002 Posted in Old Spy Reports

Brandon wrote: "I really like the TTT standees at Barnes and Noble, but was not able to buy them. So I e-mailed Advanced Graphics, who made the standees for ... Read more..